Apparently issued both with and without the first two unnumbered leaves, which hold the half title and title. Cf. Echeverria

Title page from variant edition reads: Constitution des Républiques Fran̨caise, Cisalpines et Ligurienne; avec l'Acte d'Indépendance des États-Unis d'Amériques, dans les quatres langues Fran̨caise, Anglaise, Allemande et Italienne. Prix: 5 fr. et 6 fr. 50 centimes pour les départmens. Imprint from p. [2] in first grouping given as: De l'imprimerie de Gratiot et compagnie, cul-de-sac Pecquet, rue des Blancs-Manteaux

Place of publication, and imprint from Echeverria

Sabin gives place and date of publication as Paris, 1798

Documents printed in four languages in parallel columns

Declaration of Independence printed with languages in the following order: English, German, French and Italian

Constitution de la République Fran̨caise, de l'an III, (1795, v. st.) has divisional title page and separate register with languages printed in the following order: French, German, English and Italian

Constituzione della Repubblica Cisalpina, anno V della Repubblica Francese (1797, v. st.) has divisional title page and separate register withlanguages printed in the following order: Italian, German, English and French

Constituzione della Repubblica Ligurge, anno 1797 has divisional title page and separate register with languages printed in the following order: Italian, German, English and French

Signatures: A-B⁴ (B4 verso blank); A-R⁴ (-R4) (R3 verso blank); A-R⁴ (-R4) (R3 verso blank); A-R⁴ (-R4) (R3 verso blank)

Sabin

Echeverria & Wilkie. French image

Martin & Walter. Cat. de l'histoire de la Révolution Fran̨caise

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf

John Carter Brown Library copy purchased from the Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf Fund

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library: Essex Institute: bookplate; Henry Blanchard: book stamp

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